Sorry this is a bit long but after my post the other day about Dairy=Bad skin? I saw this on the netscape home page this morning and I laughed! What a coincidence.
NETSCAPE ARTICLE:
You Won't Believe What Can Cause Acne
Maybe it's not the chocolate, pizza, and potato chips that cause teenage acne. It could be milk, especially skim milk, that is the acne culprit, Reuters reports of new research from Harvard University.
"The message is that milk is a biological fluid, the consumption of which may have effects on consumers beyond its nutrient contents," study author Dr. Clement A. Adebamowo told Reuters Health. He added that this does not mean teenagers should stop drinking milk. "Milk is a traditional part of the diet in most homes. Moderate consumption of any type of milk is recommended," he said. Still, the Harvard study is one of a string that is examining the theory that certain foods can increase the risk of acne during the teen years. "For almost four decades, the question of an association between diet and acne has remained unanswered. Despite strong folkloric information, the medical community has concluded in the absence of compelling evidence that there is no association," Adebamowo told Reuters. "This study provides evidence that the folks (outside the medical community) may not have been mistaken all along."
The study: Adebamowo and his team reached this conclusion after analyzing the responses of 47,335 women about their diets in high school as part of the ongoing Nurses Health Study II. The women were asked if they usually drank whole milk, powdered milk, low-fat milk or skim/nonfat milk. In addition, they were asked whether they had ever been diagnosed with "severe teenage acne."
The results: Sixty-one percent of the women drank whole milk as teenagers, 20 percent drank low-fat milk, 7 percent drank skim milk, and 2 percent drank powdered milk. Those who drank more than three servings a day of any type of milk were 22 percent more likely to have had severe acne, compared with those who drank one or fewer servings a week. But those who drank two or more servings of skim milk were 44 percent more likely to have had severe acne as a teenager than those who drank one or fewer servings a week. While other dairy products, such as instant breakfast drinks, sherbet, cream cheese, and cottage cheese were also associated with acne, chocolate and french fries were not. The researchers theorize it is the hormones in the skim milk causing the acne. The study findings were reported in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
NETSCAPE ARTICLE:
You Won't Believe What Can Cause Acne
Maybe it's not the chocolate, pizza, and potato chips that cause teenage acne. It could be milk, especially skim milk, that is the acne culprit, Reuters reports of new research from Harvard University.
"The message is that milk is a biological fluid, the consumption of which may have effects on consumers beyond its nutrient contents," study author Dr. Clement A. Adebamowo told Reuters Health. He added that this does not mean teenagers should stop drinking milk. "Milk is a traditional part of the diet in most homes. Moderate consumption of any type of milk is recommended," he said. Still, the Harvard study is one of a string that is examining the theory that certain foods can increase the risk of acne during the teen years. "For almost four decades, the question of an association between diet and acne has remained unanswered. Despite strong folkloric information, the medical community has concluded in the absence of compelling evidence that there is no association," Adebamowo told Reuters. "This study provides evidence that the folks (outside the medical community) may not have been mistaken all along."
The study: Adebamowo and his team reached this conclusion after analyzing the responses of 47,335 women about their diets in high school as part of the ongoing Nurses Health Study II. The women were asked if they usually drank whole milk, powdered milk, low-fat milk or skim/nonfat milk. In addition, they were asked whether they had ever been diagnosed with "severe teenage acne."
The results: Sixty-one percent of the women drank whole milk as teenagers, 20 percent drank low-fat milk, 7 percent drank skim milk, and 2 percent drank powdered milk. Those who drank more than three servings a day of any type of milk were 22 percent more likely to have had severe acne, compared with those who drank one or fewer servings a week. But those who drank two or more servings of skim milk were 44 percent more likely to have had severe acne as a teenager than those who drank one or fewer servings a week. While other dairy products, such as instant breakfast drinks, sherbet, cream cheese, and cottage cheese were also associated with acne, chocolate and french fries were not. The researchers theorize it is the hormones in the skim milk causing the acne. The study findings were reported in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
